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Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:53:45 -0500
From:	JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	bash 2.04: $# not preserved?
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Can anyone confirm the following behavior
with the djgpp port of bash 2.04?  TIA/jtw

djdev 2.03; bash 2.04
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% bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.04.7(2)-release (i386-pc-msdosdjgpp)
Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

% foo -x -y -z
foo: before bar: n=3
bar: n=3
bar: shift 1: n=2
bar: shift 2: n=1
foo: after bar: n=3             <- n=3 !?

Solaris
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kendall% bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.7)
Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

% foo -x -y -z
foo: before bar: n=3
bar: n=3
bar: shift 1: n=2
bar: shift 2: n=1
foo: after bar: n=1             <- n=1  (as expected)

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